Impact of Terminator Technologies in Developing Countries: A Framework for Economic Analysis

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Srinivasan ◽  
Colin Thirtle
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Analysis

scholarly journals SOLAR 1.1: DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE FOR SELECTING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS, INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
P. Laranci ◽  
J. L. Silveira ◽  
W. Q. Lamas
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Photovoltaic Panels ◽  
Subsidy Rate ◽  
Electricity Cost ◽  
Electricity Grids ◽  
The Interest Rate

Photovoltaic energy represents an opportunity to produce electricity in a clean manner. It can be applied in all world places, in particular in the developing countries, where there are places where electricity grids are unreliable or non-existent and is inconvenient to make investments in a grids expansion. In remote locations photovoltaic power supplies often the most economic and cleaner option to produce electric energy. In addition, many developing countries have high radiation levels year round because of their latitude. The software SOLAR 1.1 was developed with purpose of helping the choice of photovoltaic panels available commercially including electric needs calculation for the installation. This new version of program also help to conduce the economic analysis for grid connected or stand alone photovoltaic systems for the choice of convenient values of interest rate and payback period. In this version of the software is possible to select the language among English, Italian and Portuguese. The software choices the panels in its archive that contains more of 250 types of photovoltaic modules made by 35 producers. The selection provides as output three modules, the cheapest for each cell type: monocrystalline, multicrystalline and amorphous. The software archive can be updated adding new item or editing the inserted items. The economic analysis can be operated by SOLAR 1.1 in each of the chosen panels. This analysis gives as output all the values of the costs in the photovoltaic system and the diagrams with the electricity cost and the expected annual saving trend with variation of the amortisation period and for different values of the interest rate and the governmental subsidy rate.

scholarly journals An Economic Analysis of Demand Side Management Considering Interruptible Load and Renewable Energy Integration: A Case Study of Freetown Sierra Leone

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Conteh ◽  
Mohammed Elsayed Lotfy ◽  
Kiptoo Mark Kipngetich ◽  
Tomonobu Senjyu ◽  
Paras Mandal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Demand Response ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Load Demand ◽  
The Impact

Like in most developing countries, meeting the load demand and reduction in transmission grid bottlenecks remains a significant challenge for the power sector in Sierra Leone. In recent years, research attention has shifted to demand response (DR) programs geared towards improving the supply availability and quality of energy markets in developed countries. However, very few studies have discussed the implementation of suitable DR programs for developing countries, especially when utilizing renewable energy (RE) resources. In this paper, using the Freetown’s peak load demand data and the price elasticity concept, the interruptible demand response (DR) program has been considered for maximum demand index (MDI) customers. Economic analysis of the energy consumption, customer incentives, benefits, penalties and the impact on the load demand are analyzed, with optimally designed energy management for grid-integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) and photovoltaic (PV)-hybrid system using the genetic algorithm (GA). Five scenarios are considered to confirm the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed scheme. The results show the economic superiority of the proposed DR program’s approach for both customers and supplier benefits. Moreover, RE inclusion proved to be a practical approach over the project lifespan, compared to the diesel generation alternative.

scholarly journals Corruption Begets Corruption In Developing Countries - How The Use Of Technology Could Change The Landscape

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1911
Author(s):  
Okey Igbonagwam ◽  
V. Joy Rose
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Problem Statement ◽  
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Definition Of

This paper investigates the role technology can play in fostering good business practices that would deter economic corruption and extortion in developing countries. This paper first provides a problem statement with a brief description of corruption in form of bribery and extortion based on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and its provisions. Second, we propose a definition of bribery and extortion. Our definitions indicate that, contrary to what is often claimed, many of the kinds of payments forbidden by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act are not instances of bribery, but rather extortion. Third, we present an economic analysis of bribery and extortion and explain why they are thought to be undesirable practices from an economic point of view. Fourth, we present two case studies to support the use of technology to mitigate and facilitate business in developing countries that should improve economic and business practices.

scholarly journals Economic Perspectives on Privatization

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Vickers ◽  
George Yarrow
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Private Enterprise ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
Mainstream Economic ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Economic Perspectives ◽  
Ownership Reform

Despite being one of the most fundamental issues in political economy, the question of the appropriate boundary between public and private enterprise received relatively little attention in mainstream economic analysis until quite recently. In the 1980s, however, programs of ownership reform were started in many developed and developing countries. Dramatic though some of these policies have been, they are likely to be overshadowed in the 1990s by even greater privatization in the reforming socialist economies. The opening sections of this paper are organized around three broad and interrelated questions. How does ownership matter for the efficiency of enterprise performance? What is the role for privatization in financing public debts and deficits? What are the distributional and political implications of privatization? Finally we examine privatization in practice in three countries: Britain, Chile, and Poland.

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